Wire fence



(No Model.)

O.ML KNOX. WIRE FENCE.

Patented Aug. '13, 1895.

NITED STATES P TENT 'FFIo.

ORVILLE M. KNOX, OF ONEIDA, NEl/V YORK.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,509, dated August 13, 1895. Application filed December 1'7 1894. Serial No. 532,019. (No model.)

View of a section of a wire fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of a section of the main fence-post to which the wire-stretchers are attached, a portion of the detachable plate being broken away to show more fully one of the mortises and sockets formed in the post. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged face view of a section of one of the intermediate stays of the fence, and Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line X X in Fig. 4:.

P represents the main stationary fence-post from which the fence-wires t H are stretched. For this purpose I pivot to said post the winches a a and secure the aforesaid wires thereto. The winch I prefer to form with an eye extending transversely through it, andthrough this eye passes the end of the wire,

which is bent over onto the shaft of the winch, so as to tie the wire thereto. I preferably secure the winches to the post P by forming in the face of the latter the mortises c c, extending across the post, as more clearly shown in either iron or steel or wood and is provided in one of its edges with the notches or journal-seats c c, which are axiallyin line with Each of the winches is formed with a square or polygonal outer end for the application of the wrench by which to turn the winch, and adjacent to said portion of the winch is a disk 6 formed integral with the winch-shaft. This disk is of such a diameter as to cause a portion of its periphery to project from the post, and near the edge of the disk are perforations for the reception of the locking-pin Z, which is removably inserted in one of said perforations and projects from opposite sides of the disk, so as to come in contact with the side of the post and thereby prevent the winch from being turned by the tension of the wiret attached thereto.

In tightening the wire the pin Z is removed, and by means of a wrench applied to the winch the latter is turned to wind the wire thereon, and when the necessary tension is applied to the wire the pin Z is inserted in the disk e, and thus the winch is locked on the post.

To brace the post P, so as to efiectually resist the strain from the wirestt, the auxiliary post P is firmly set. into the ground a short distance from the main post P, and between these posts, near the upper ends thereof, is interposed the gas-pipe or tubular metallic strut f. A twisted wire it is extended diagonally from the lower portion of the post P to the upper part of the auxiliary post and passes through holes bored through the two posts and is firmly tied to said posts.

D D represent the intermediate stays, sometimes termed floatingposts, which are employed to maintain the wires at the requisite distances apart and prevent live stock from forcing their way'through the fence. These stays are of the form of slats and may be composed of either metal or wood. To secure them to the wires 15 t, I prefer to provide the stays with perforations i t and employ the wire ties 1, each of which I bend into a loop 0" in the center of its length. By placing said loop astride the wire t and passing the end portions of the tie r through the perforation i said loop is made to embrace the wire t, and then by bending said end portions in opposite ICO directions across the stay D and twisting the ends around the fence-wire 25, adjacent to the edges of the stay, the latter is firmly secured to the fence-Wire, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

That I claim as my invention is- In a wire-fence, the combination of the post -P having mortises cc extending across the side thereof and provided in the vertical face of each mortise with a socket -cZ-- extending through one end of the mortise, the plate C- secured to the mortised side of the post and provided in its'edge with the journal-seatscc'-- axially in line with I 5 the aforesaid sockets, the winches -a-a ORVILLE M. KNOX. Witnesses:

HENRY RUMBURGI-I, JAMES B. JENKINS. 

